Cap Mandrake
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Joined: 11/15/2002 From: Southern California Status: offline
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My own medical group sent me a bill for $1.26 I saw another doctor in the group because I thought I was going to die. Apparently I was mistaken. After I stopped laughing at the bill I got in the mail, I felt sorry for the other poor schlub. A lousy $1.26 for a freakin' digital rectal exam. That's all he got? Especailly after I had cucumber salad and humus the night before. Anyway, I went upstairs to the business office to have some fun. I get upstairs and there is a really cute 20 something working the counter. I am getting so old that cute girls don't make me nervous anymore. Hi. I need to pay for my digital rectal exam. $1.26 Oh, hi Dr. Mandrake. Did we send you a bill? No, a big guy named Lucha came to my door. He sounded like this. <I do a wiseguy voice> Oh, I'm so sorry. It doesn't look like we sent this account to collections. At this point, I am thinking, "Hory crap! Do we really do that?" She looks genuinely concerned..and cute..did I mention that? I decide to let her off the hook. Oh, no, I was kidding about the guy named Lucha. Oh, I'm so glad. How would you like to pay that? Well, I was hoping to set up some kind of payment plan. A...payment plan? Yes, maybe 18 cents a month or something? Well...I'd have to check with my manager. At this point the manager is listening from behind an open door. "MANDRAKE, QUIT BOTHERING MY HELP!" The manager used to be cute and she evidently isn't afraid of me either.
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